This study applies to German data a model in which the decision to attend higher education depends on the ratio of marginal cost and marginal return expected from higher education. If this ratio is below a certain threshold, the individual will choose to participate in higher education. In a...

This book offers a comprehensive empirical analysis of educational inequalities and their consequences on individual labor market outcomes for men and women in France and Germany, two countries with different education systems. Using microdata from the two countries, the analyses mainly rely on...